Resources and Publications

Take a look at our latest resources and publications.

May 2018

A study by Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) commissioned by Nominet Trust, Comic Relief and Indigo Trust, explores how the social tech ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa can be strengthened to help grow social tech initiatives.

Aug 2014

This paper describes the way in which the three values of social tech - social, user and financial - interrelate at different stages of a venture’s development. It also hints at the dynamic, changing nature of the ways these values are articulated and demonstrated over time.

Mar 2014

Understanding how digital tools are made helps us to recognise how they afford, constrain and mediate our actions – from the many new opportunities for connection that they afford, to the obvious character constraints of Twitter to the less obvious constraints of how a search engine presents only the ‘relevant’ links to you.

Dec 2013

Aug 2013

This report brings together a lot that is known about the role digital
technology can play in later life, but it also opens up new ways of thinking about the use of digital technology across the lifecourse

Apr 2012

This insight paper aims to stimulate thinking and raise questions that may inspire new debates,
approaches, tools and technologies to better address the multiple challenges, needs and issues
facing young people, particularly those who are out of work or not in education or training.